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While some new policies were proposed in Bournemouth, it was the "vibes" contrast between the Lib Dems and Reform which was the primary focus Read my wrap from party conference here 👇

Senior party figures have hinted that they are scaling up their hopes at the next GE Ed Davey: the party's ambition has "no ceiling" Daisy Cooper: their strategy is "a bit of vibes, a bit of values, a bit of vision" Tim Farron: they are "on the shoulder of Labour and the Tories"

Labour suffered a huge defeat in a #Newham by-election last week. Could the party lose control of its east #London stronghold? @lewisbaston.bsky.social has the answers, in-depth for OnLondon: www.onlondon.co.uk/lewis-baston... @robfordmancs.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social

I am prepared for the raptor I have my camera and binoculars at the ready

I'm also certain autism caused paracetamol though

They did the whole thing in 27 minutes flat

This has got to be a world speed record for Labour stealing our good ideas

Fantastic proposing speech in women’s rights debate by the powerhouse of policy @janeyislittle.bsky.social. Time and again she has worked collaboratively with groups across the party to produce brilliant policy. #ldconf

Excellent speech from @alexkbrewer.bsky.social at #LDConf on her work on Women & Equalities Committee and the importance of the UK remaining a global leader for women and girls.

Excellent session on Defending Women's Rights Across the Globe at #LDConf From powerful speeches by Lizzie Adundo of the Orange Democratic Movement sharing that a woman dies from intimate partner violence every 3 days in Kenya to Julie Adnams Hatch who's delightful friend barked for trans rights

Excellent session on Defending Women's Rights Across the Globe at #LDConf From powerful speeches by Lizzie Adundo of the Orange Democratic Movement sharing that a woman dies from intimate partner violence every 3 days in Kenya to Julie Adnams Hatch who's delightful friend barked for trans rights

Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...

FCC boss Brendan Carr now says his 'easy way or the hard way' comments about Jimmy Kimmel weren’t meant as a threat to pull licenses if Disney didn’t suspend him 🧢

This Glee, we all sang an ode to the Monstrosity #LDConf

Getting ready for Glee Club at #LDConf Excited for the calls of Page 69 for the crowd pleasing 'The Land'

KIMMEL IS BACK

Okay. But the question is: have they learned anything from this?

OLIVER: “I’d argue Disney & Robert Iger need to stand by Jimmy Kimmel and his staff—history is also going to remember the cowards who knew better. Giving the bully your lunch money doesn’t make him go away; it just makes him come back hungrier each time.”

Sir John Curtice clearly knows the important cultural moments of #LDConf "Thank you all for coming, I know I stand between you all and the Glee Club, so I will tread carefully"

If anyone has seen my fan which has a rainbow tardis and “found family is family” on it, I will be so very grateful if you let me know #ldconf - I think it’s either in the Marriott or the business lounge in the BIC ❤️

And if you think it will help you see your GP more quickly, Capita have a digital bridge to sell you that will only cost 10 times what they originally quote you and get you half way across the river. In 10 years time.

Another gorgeous Bournemouth sunrise for #ldconf which alleviates my annoyance at being awake when I don’t need to be.

I fear there is no model of ID cards which cannot be abused by an authoritarian Govt. If we're serious about the rise of the far right into potentially being in Government, amid attacks on human rights, we cannot support ID cards - even to make accessing my GP a bit quicker.

If you're a Lib Dem prepared to countenance ID cards, look at these two headlines side-by-side and give your head a wobble. And then think about the impact on the Trans community. They won't be about accessing services, they'll be about identifying certain segments of the population. #LDConf

“Le Pen, or whoever the chap is called” Bardella destroyed by a casual aside from Nick Clegg, 10/10 no notes #ldconf

Councillors have expressed outrage at a decision to cancel a training session about violence against women because of the forthcoming Caerphilly Senedd by-election ✍️Martin Shipton

Our cocktails and cocktails event is fully underway at Lib Dem Conf!!

Sagittarius: Bad news: Ghost dinosaurs will finally find you at last. Good news: You won’t even notice, because you’ll be dealing with something much worse.

The Right Honourable Jennie and the Right Dishonourable Jennie in the same photo! And The Right Hon Jennie's human @stevedarlingmp.bsky.social too! Happy to report the Blinovich Limitation Effect didn't occur when I petted her, and she is very lovely

Lib Dem Tim Farron MP tells party conference Reform UK "spent a lot of their time [at conference] giving a platform to people who think that the Covid vaccines gave the royal family cancer, to self confessed convicted racists, and worst of all, Lembit Opik"

You guys have to read the termination letter that @washingtonpost.com sent @karenattiah.bsky.social because they essentially accused her of anti-white racism because she mentioned that Charlie Kirk was a white man 😵‍💫 Then they called her a “risk.” 🤡 karenattiah.substack.com/p/why-washin...

Proud of the Campaign for Gender Balance at #LDConf taking questions: "We have a question from Tara on trans inclusion" "Wholeheartedly, yes" 🌈 The full question was "Do you plan to remain trans-inclusive in your support for prospective women candidates?"

Today's morning jam youtu.be/yfySK7CLEEg?...

Smart says the Lib Dem define patriotism as community action and standing up for British values, not "divisive" flag displays or intimidatory behaviour. Smart defends flying flags without divisive messages on them (including, when pressed, outside asylum hotels)

It is fucked up what they did to the headphone jack

Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.

Our fringe is fully underway at Lib Dem Conference discussing Drifting apart: Gen Z's political gender divide. Full and standing!!

In Bournemouth, we always have a reminder of our former leader in the venue for #LDConf

Good news from #LDConf: TERF shenanigans didn't even get debated, the MNB passed.

Great first-time chairing from @charleyhasted.bsky.social at #LDConf - "For those of you who can hear the rattling, we are advised it is an air con issue, not an imminent Final Destination situation" Those aren't mutually exclusive!

CLP nominations aren't always representative of the member vote: but Powell has been crushing almost every one Ive seen so far by massive margins. Its... not close so far

Reassuring start to Lib Dem Conference as yet another attempt to hijack our values by a tiny handful of vicious bigot entryists was instantly rejected by a massive majority for about the thousandth time. Pushed heavily by the media, but transphobes have next to zero support in the Liberal Democrats.

Glad to see that @libdems.org.uk Conference had no more patience for hate on the agenda than it did last time. We, and Conference, saw that amendment for what it was. Thank you to everyone who voted.

Their proposal was subjected to a procedural device called "Move Next Business", which is essentially "not only does conference not agree with this, but it regards it as s waste of time to even debate it" This requires a 2/3rds majority. It got at least 4/5ths.

For those who pay attention to UK politics, the Liberal Democrats and #LDConf A bunch of TERFs tried first thing this morning to impose a transphobic policy on our internal elections (they wanted to exclude trans women from the gender balance criteria) They failed, spectacularly.

I think fundamentally, the ability to care about the rights of a small and vulnerable minority (of whom you might know no members) is an important sign of whether you are committed to human rights out of principle, or out of mere convenience.

Fancy posing a question directly to @eddavey.libdems.org.uk at #LDConf? The online submissions are closed but you can still pick up a physical card at the speakers' desk if you want to take part in the Leader's Q&A

By the way, you can in fact run a media business where people give you money for goods and services. 56k+ people give The Onion ~$100 and we give them a year of newspapers. This business didn’t exist last year in this way. People will pay for good shit. Now’s the time to break glass and go for it.